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242 GOA AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
be little removed from the original orang-outang.
Their characters, in some points, show to advantage,
when contrasted with those of their superiors—
the Nairs and Moplahs. They are said to be in-
dustrious, peaceful, and as honest as can be ex-
pected. A Mucwa village is usually built close to
the sea; the material of its domiciles consisting of
wattle or matting, roofed over with thatch ; the
whole burned to blackness by the joint influence
of sun, rain, wind, and spray.
Servitude amongst the Moslems partook more of
the nature of social fraternity, and was dissimilar
in very essential points, to that of the Hindoos.
The slaves were always domestic, never prsedial:
instead of inhabiting miserable huts built in the
centre of the paddy fields, they lived in the houses
of their proprietors. They were efficiently pro-
tected by law, for in case of ill-treatment, duly
proved before the Kazee, the complainant was
either manumitted or sold to some other master,
and so far from being considered impure outcastes,
they often rose to confidential stations in the
family. This is the case generally throughout the
Moslem world.
be little removed from the original orang-outang.
Their characters, in some points, show to advantage,
when contrasted with those of their superiors—
the Nairs and Moplahs. They are said to be in-
dustrious, peaceful, and as honest as can be ex-
pected. A Mucwa village is usually built close to
the sea; the material of its domiciles consisting of
wattle or matting, roofed over with thatch ; the
whole burned to blackness by the joint influence
of sun, rain, wind, and spray.
Servitude amongst the Moslems partook more of
the nature of social fraternity, and was dissimilar
in very essential points, to that of the Hindoos.
The slaves were always domestic, never prsedial:
instead of inhabiting miserable huts built in the
centre of the paddy fields, they lived in the houses
of their proprietors. They were efficiently pro-
tected by law, for in case of ill-treatment, duly
proved before the Kazee, the complainant was
either manumitted or sold to some other master,
and so far from being considered impure outcastes,
they often rose to confidential stations in the
family. This is the case generally throughout the
Moslem world.